[FQP] Fwd: FlQP K8MR SO MobileMixed LP

[Christopher Blake]

Excellent effort Jim, especially those nice mixed mode Mult counts!

Congrats es vy 73,
Chris, NX4N

On Tue, May 1, 2018 at 10:54 PM, Jim Stahl via FQP <fqp at kkn.net> wrote:

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: webform <webform at b4h.net>
> To: 3830 <3830 at contesting.com>; k8mr <k8mr at arrl.net>
> Sent: Tue, May 1, 2018 10:52 pm
> Subject: FlQP K8MR SO MobileMixed LP
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> Florida QSO Party
>
> Call: K8MR
> Operator(s): K8MR
> Station: K8MR
>
> Class: SO MobileMixed LP
> QTH: 19 Counties
> Operating Time (hrs): 19
>
> Summary:
>  Band  CW Qs  Ph Qs
> --------------------
>    40:   595     6
>    20:  1232   112
>    15:    19     0
>    10:
> --------------------
> Total:  1836   118  CW Mults = 64  Ph Mults = 38  Total Score = 777,240
>
> Club: Mad River Radio Club
>
> Comments:
>
> An excellent way to end the snowbird season in Florida. The operation was
> very
> much as described in my article in the Sept/Oct 2017 NCJ. The only
> difference is
> having three HamSticks so I could easily go between 40 and 15, and using
> headphones for the entire time when driving. I stopped to operate in many
> of the
> same spots, and on much the same schedule as last year. Only minor problem
> was
> missing the exit off I-75 in Lee county, and then getting in a traffic jam
> while
> getting back to the road to Collier. I also screwed up on the 40 meter
> mobile
> window on for a while of Saturday, spending a lot of time up in the big
> boy band
> wondering why all those fixed stations were in the mobile window :-)
>
> County totals: (Alphabetic order, both modes)
>
> CHA 78
> CLR  117
> DES  102
> GLA  105
> HAR  103
> HEN  136
> HER   74
> HIG  138
> HIL  100
> LAK   97
> LEE  159
> MTE  113
> ORA   73
> OSC   88
> PAS  117
> PIN  118
> POL   26
> SAR  121
> SUM   99
>
> Double digit SSB numbers in CLR, HEN (county line), PAS, and PIN. For the
> most
> part, it was quickly run 50 or so QSOs parked after entering the county,
> and
> then working gentle runs while driving. DES and SAR were 20 meters at the
> start
> of the day on Saturday, and 40 meters at the end of the day. In the
> interest of
> safety I did not do any phone operating while driving, which would have
> involved
> the distraction of reaching down to the radio, etc.
>
> Thanks to all who followed me around. It definitely was a lot of fun!
>
>
> 73  -  Jim  K8MR
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